I needed teacher thank you cards this week and made a bunch of blueprint apple cards, using a stamp from Tim Holtz's Schoolhouse Blueprint set. These are quick and easy to make and basically any of the blueprint stamps would work equally well. The cardbase was die cut with the Simon Says Stamp 3 Sided Scallop, which gives instant interest to the card.

Don't worry about coloring inside the lines on this project. In fact, I colored outside the lines on purpose, so that the white embossing would be more visible.

Pierce a hole in the spine of the card and tie a piece of twine across it.

I made even more of these, but I had to give a couple away before I had time to take the photos.

I hope you will join us this week in our Food and Drinkchallenge. As always, you have a chance to win a $50 gift voucher to do some fun shopping at Simon Says Stamp. You have until next Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.

These are fantastic Anna-Karin. I never thought to use the Micro Glaze as a resist in this way before, thanks for sharing this tip. (I am probably the only person who didn't know this. LOL)Beautiful cards and I am sure the teachers will love them.

Wow, these are amazing. I LOVE your watercolor! And what a simple and effective technique with micro glaze, I alwas use it to cover the whole image and this one is genius! Thank you for this tip! Hugs, Marzena

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Welcome to my blog! I have been doing arts and crafts my whole life, but papercrafting is the one that has totally captured my heart and mind. I started making cards in 2002 and to scrapbook two years later. I enjoy switching between the differently sized space of a card and a layout. My stamps and dies are my absolute favorite tools and I love creating something out of only white paper, stamps and ink, and to try out different techniques.

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